Ditch-filling mechanism.



W. DALTON & J, H. GLEMBNTS, JR. DTCH FILLING MECHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.18, 19U8.

Y`918,01 6. Patented Apr. 13,1909.

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BITCH FILLING MEGHANISM,

APPLoATloN FILED Nonna, 190s.

Patented Apr. 13, i909.

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mvamons y i W. DALTON 6L J. H. CLEMENTS, JR.

DITGH FILLING MBGHANISM.

APPLIOATION FILED N0v.1s,1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909,

SHEETSLSHBET 3V W. DALTQN & J. E. CLEMENTS, JR.

DTGH PILLIN G MECHANISM. APPLIOATIQH 'FILED Houla, wpa.

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lNVENTORS Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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.'BLIOATION FILED NOV. 18, 1908.

W. DALTON and ditches ,Unire srxiins ra'rirr carica;

WILLIAM DALTON A N'DJOSEPH H. CLEMENIS, JR., OF` SCHENCTA'DY,

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BITCH-FILLING MECEANISM.

,by the earth which has been excavated from ditches or trenches may be expeditiously replaced therein when required, thereby reducing the time and expense involved in performing the operation by hand labor in the manner ordinarily heretofore practiced.

The improvement claimed is hereinafter fully set forth.

Contractors engaged in digging trenches for .Water or gas pipes or other conductors, which require to be subsequently refilled, are new extensively usine excavating machines for this purpose, W icheffect a substantial economy as com ared with hand labor. These machines deposit the excavated earth alongside of the trench, in a pile which extends for the full length thereof,

' in a ditch filling and which may be ten feet Wide or thereabout at' its base. After the pipe has been laid in the trench, the latter must be refilled with earth from this pile, and, so far as our knowledge and information extend, this hand labor, no mechanical evice having been .proposed or found available for this pui'pe-Ie.

ur invention, generally operation has heretofore lbeei'idp'erforin'ed bystated, consists mechanism comprising a motor vehicle, asan ordinary traction engine, and a scraper of and supported adjustably thereon; also, a motor vehicle,a scraper and conveyor located in advance thereof, connections supporting the scraper and conveyei on the motor vehicle, and mechanism actuated by the motor of the vehicle for operating the convcyer.

isa view, insperspecti've, of an apparatus for filliii t ditches or trenches, illustrating an applieation'oljour invention: Fig. 2, a side view, in elevation, of the same: Fig. 3, a plan or top vfiew'ifliig. Ll, a siniiiai view, on'a'n enlarged scale, 4of the scraping and lconveying mechanism detached: l? ig. 5, ya 4front view of the same; Fig. '6,an end view; on 'a fuither located in advance theie- Speccation of Letters Patent. y Application led November 18, 1903.

iillustrated as in b to the. vertical plate,

Y toward lthe extremities thereof, and the upper: In the accompanying` drawings; Figure 1- Pateiaea april is, rece. c Serial Hattem.

enlarged scale, of the saine, looking toward the right hand side of thea'y aratus: Fig. Z, a front view of the right han 'end portion of the same: Fig. 8, a similar vievdof the left hand end portion of the saine Fig. 9, an end vien of the saine, looking toward the ieft hand side of the a of the eft hand end portion of the same: and; Fig. li, a plan vieu7 of a jarring device for clearing material from the conveyer blades.

In the practice of our invention, We provide a suitable motor vehicle, which is herein the forni of an ordinary traction engine, having a boiler, i, mounted on a pair of front supporting Wheels, 2, and a air of rear driving W reels, 3, which latter are iixed upon an axle, 3a, rotated by a doubley cylinder engine, boiler, through suitable known 4, set upon the top of the proper connections, in any manner. As the specific vconstruction oi the motor vehicle does not,

iii andof itself, form part of our present in# veii'tion, and as various forms of motor ve hicles ada ted to use therein are tainiliar to those s'kil ed in the art, this a )paratus'iieed not be herein fully and at length set forth.

A scraper or p ow, composed of a vertical plate, 5, of stout metal, and ahorizonta'l plate, 6, of inetalj secured to the vertical plate by angles, 7, and rivets, 8, and having a knife edged stiffening piece, 6', fixed to its forward side, is located in front of, and at an angle to the longituc'linal central plane of :the motor vehicle, as Ain Figs. 1 .and 3, and is supported thereon by frames, 9, which are rigidly secured, at their forward ends, and are j ournaled at their rear ends, on bear- :ings located in .lii-ie axially on the motor vehicle, said bearings being, in this instance,

shown as termed' on the ends of the driving axle, 3a', thereof. supported, and its height above the ground level adjusted as desired, by means of rods, 10, the Iloiver ends of which are connected 5, of the scraper,

ends vofavhich are connected, througha pul-A ley bioek and tackle hoist mechanism, il, to ari/ns or brackets, 12, fixed upon the motor vehicle. Through the connections above described, the scraper and lowered, to vary its height as desired, eithejr 'manually oiuby the actuation of the heistliiebhanism, il, by the engine .et the 'niottfryehieiein orderjftoaftord additional paratus: liig. 10, a plan or top vieu' most clearly indicated to the plates of the scraper,V

The scraper is likewise4 ica may be raised irl (i 31, by which the driving shaft, 24, is rotated,

vournjled in bearings, 20, connected to the support to the scraper, it may also be conl nected by chains, 13, to the fixed axle of the front supporting Wheels, 2, of the motor vehicle. By reason of the inclination of the scraper or plow, relatively to the linc of traverse 'of the, motor vehicle, it will be seen that it will displace the earth from the pile in advance of it, and move the saine, in rh( manner of a plow, toward its right hand end, which is that nearer the ditch or trench, 'as the motor vehicle is moved forward.

To promote and expedite the action of the scraper, as a. plow, upon the pile ot earth to be moved, We preferz'rbly provide it with a. suitable transfer' mechanism which is .herein shown as a flight conveyor, comprising a )lurality of vertical sheet metal blades or buckets, 14, of segmental section, connected to form an endless chain, traversing; on opposite sides of the vertical plete, .3, of the scraper, with the eoneavesides ot the buckets turned in the direction of, and moving toward, the right hand end of the plate, on the front side thereof. The buckets, i4, are connected',- near their upper und lower ends, by metalfarins, l5, to vertical rods, i6, having blocksv'l7, made in two sections, fixed to thei'rufpper end lower ends, and the blocks off ,the several rods are llrxvibl) connected one to another, as by wire ropes, i8, so as to form an Ie'iidless chain conveyor. A guide shalt, 19, havin r sprocket wheels, 30, hxed upon it in line horizontally with the y'upper nd loweiblocks, 17, ot' the rods, lo, is

eft h nd end of the vertical plate, .3, ol the i sera er, and in order to admit of takingr up in the chain conveyer,.saidfbearings are secured adjustably to the plate. 5, by rneens of bolts, 2l, passing through longitudinal slots, 22, in plates, 23, 'fixed to the bearings. A driving shaft, 24, on which are secured sprocket Wheels, 25, loca-ted in the same horizontal. planes as the sprocket Wheels, 20, is journaled in bearings 26, 'at the right hand end of' the vertical plate, 5. rlhe upper and lower blocks, 17 of the rods, 16, engage the recesses oi the correspondingly located sprocket wheels, 20 and 25, around which the conveyor traverses from ielt to right on the forward side of the plate, 5, and in the reverse direction on the 'rear side thereof.

Rotation is im Jarted to the conveyor driving shalt, 24, in direction proper to ell'ec t the traverse of the chain conveyer as above stated, by the engine, 4, of the motor vehicle, through a flexible shalt, 27, provided with a universal joint, 2S, near each of its ends, and rotated through a pair ol' bevel gears, 2), by the crankshaft 4f?, of the engine. 'lhe end el the flexible shaft, 27, adjacent to the conveyor, is journaled in a bearing, 30, 'Fixed to the vertical plate, 5, und carries a bevel gear,

through intermediate gearing provided for the vpurpose of reducing the speed 'of thesholi, 24, relatively to that of the engine. ln the inslence shown, said intermediate gea-ring comprisesga bevel gear, fixe-d upon a. veri ical shall, 27: a spur pinion, 3l, also fixed upon the shalt, 33, and engaging a similar gea-r, 255, on another vertical shalt, 3o, also journalod on the plate, 5; and a. spur pinion, fl?, lixed on the shaft, 36, and engaging a. similar gea-i', 2354, on the upper end ol the conveyor driving' shalt, 24. The double reduetion' ol' speed ellected by the intermediate gearing, enables the conveyor lo be moved to the pro )er rale ol' speed `for moving the niaterial al operated :1t the normal com )aratively high speed i'or which it is designed.

ln order to detach. from the buckets or blades ol' the conveyor any material which nio-v adhere lo them, we provide, near the right hand or delivery end of the conveyor, a jarring,r or clearing` appliance ol' any suitable and. prclerred construction, one l'orm ol which is `shown in Fig: il, and consists ol' an arm, 39, pivoted at one end lo the vertical plate, 5, olthe scraper, and projecting therefrom into the path ol' the buckets, il, each olI which strikes it in its traverse and swings il upon its `pivot sulliciently l'ar lo permit the bucket lo pass ii. alter which it is returned b v a spring, 4l), lo its original position, in rendiuess ro be struck by the next succeeding bucket. rl`hc jarring ol' the bucket caused by iis contact with the arm, 3l), will cziuse any clayey or other adhesive matter which may attach ilsell to the buckets to be detached and drop therefrom.

lire do not limit ourselves to the speciiic construction ol coi'iveyer herein exemplified, as il will he obvious to those skilled in the art, th-,d other suitable known forms', as lor example, a screw conveyor, would be the mechanical equivalents thereof, and could be substituted therefor, without departure from the spirit ol' `our invention.

lle claim as our invention and desire lo secure by Letters Patent:`

l. ln a ditch' filling mechanism, the combinationol a motor vehicle, a scraper located i iu advance thereof, frames secured at their forward ends to the seraperand journeled et their rear ends onthe .motor vehicle, and means l'or raisingrand lowering the scraper.

2. :ln a ditch filling mechanism, the coinbinetiou of a motor vehicle, a scraper located in advance thereof, ira-mes secured at their forward ends to the scraper and journaled at their rear ends on the motor vehicle, and a hoist mechanism connectedv to the scraper and operable by the motor of the vohicle.

in n. ditch iilling ineclmnism, the combination ol' a motor vehicle, a scraper located in advrrnee thereof end comprising a horizontal plete end e verticel plate rigidly cenoug the scraper, while the engine is siecle nected thereto, and means for supporting said scraper adjustably on the motor vehicle.

4. In a ditch iilling mechanism, the conibination of a motor vehicle, a scraper located in advance thereof frontal plate and a vertical plate rigidly connected thereto, frames secured at their forward ends to said plates and jcurnaled at ftheir rear ends on the motor vehicle, and

means for raising and lowering the" scraper.

5. In a dltch filling mechanism, the corn- 4 bination of a motor vehicle, a scraper located gearing connecting said shaft with the con- .nested thereto, a conveyer veyer.

7. in a ditch filling mechanism, the conibination of a motor vehicle, a scraper located in advance thereof and supported adjustahly thereon, a conveyer mounted on the-scraper, a shaft provided with universal joints and Arotated by the motor of' the vehicle, and

gearing through which the conveyer is actuated by said shaft at a reduced rate of speed relatively to that of the motor of the vehicle. v

8. ln a ditch filling mechanism, the combination of a motor vehicle, a scraper located in advance thereofj and comprising a horizontal plate and a vertical plate rigidly concornprising an endless chain of blades' or buckets fit-ted to traverse longitudinally on opposite sides of the vertical plate of the scraper, and means for actuating the 'conveyer by the motor of the vehicle. i

9. ln a ditch filling mechanism, the combination of a motor vehicle, a scraper located in advance thereof and comprising'a horizontal plate and a vertical )late rigidly connected thereto, a driving s aft and a guide shaft journaled in bearings on the vertical plate of the scraper adiacent ,to the opposite ends thereof respectively, sprocket Wheels and comprising a hori' 'shaft journaled in bearings on xed on said shafts, a conveyei comprising an endlcsschain of blades or buckets passing around said sprocket Wheels, and means for 'rotating the driving shaft by the motor of the vehicle.

10. ln a ditch filling mechanism, the combination of a motor vehicle, a scraper located in advance thereof and comprising a horizontal plate and a vertical late rigidly connected thereto, a driving shaft .and a guide shaft journaled in bearings on the vertical plate of the scraper adjacent to the opposite ends thereof respectively, sprocket Wheels fixed 'on said shafts, a conveyor comprising an endless chain of blades or buckets passing around said sprocket Wheels,'and means for adj usting the bearings of the guide shaft longitudinally on the vertical plate of the scraper.

ll. In a ditch filling mechanism, the coml bination of a motor vehicle, a scraper located in advance thereof and comprising a horizontal plate and a vertical. plate rigidly cnnccted theretb, a conveyer comprisin an endless chain ot blades or buckets fitted to traverse longitudinally on opposite sides'oi the vertical plate of the scraper, means for actuating the conveyer by the motor of the vehicle, and a jarring device for dislodki g material from the conveyor blades in tieir traverse tovifard the delivery end of the conveyer.

1. "ln ditch filling mechanism, the coinhination of a motor vehicle, c scraper located in advance thereof and comprising a horizontal plate and a vertical plate rigidly connected thereto, a driving shaft and a guide the vertical plate oi the scraper adjacent to the opposite ends thereof respectively, sprocket wheels fixed-on said shafts, a conveyor comprising an endless chain of blades or buckets passing around said sprocket wheels, a shaft rovided with universal joints and rotate by the motor of the vehicle, and gearing con-v necting said shaft with thedriving shaft on the vertical lets., f

WILLIAM DLTON. JOSEPH H. CLEMENTS, JR. 1illfitnesses:

O. C. MYERS, HARRY W. BUTTS. 

